More info about this project can be found here and here. Thanks!

When I reached the day of reckoning on this project, I pulled all the data obtain on my questionnaire and it totaled 100 people exactly. People from all over the world. That seemed perfect. My hope to get a handful of photos, poems, songs, and other ‘expression’ about hope and or fear was hardly realized and so I canned my plans for that aspect of the design. Funny thing happened though . . .

I decided to go and look at the ‘harvest’ of responses again, to see if anyone else had participated, and I was a bit blown away. Well over 1500 have posted their hope and fears. There are also a whole lot of photos, poems, mp3s, and other art! So, when I say that I am done, I am not really done. I have all this awesome data and most of it is not included in the piece I just finished designing and installing. So what now?

Well, I think I will have to write (and design, of course) a book. And I will! When? I am not sure, but I will. Right now things are really busy for me, trying to finish up my BFA program at BYU-Idaho and working freelance and being a Dad to my adorable Nina. But I will do it! I am already starting.

Anyhow, the process of this was really something. I didn’t track how many hours of work went into the project, but it was a lot of hours. Last weekend, I printed everything out, mounted it to foam core and cut it all out. It took about 50 hours to complete just that task. Then I hung it all in the library, using nails and gaffers tape.

While the project is done, it is not done. Stand by.

This is a book.

I am in a book arts class and I am learning some really cool things. This is the first completed project for the class. It’s called a long stitch. The examples we observed in class looked like this, and this is the style that most of the students did. But me? I don’t really like leather. So I found some corrugated plastic at my local sign shop and achieved a completely different aesthetic.

I rather like it. More images after the jump.

A close-up view of the binding. Holes poked in with a hot needle, like butter.

Velcro makes for a clean closure and a noisy opening. Also, notice the channel cut out for each 'hinge'.

Eight signatures of hefty Mohawk superfine will make for sketchbook magic (at least that is the idea).

I needed a typeface for a print project I am working on and had a hard time finding just the right thing. So I went handmade. Rather than start something from scratch, I took some inspiration from the fantastic form of H&F-J‘s Archer bold.

I am really enjoying the aesthetic of this face. I am not sure of the legal issues of distributing my take on someone else’s typeface. Since I’ve licensed it, I know I can use it, but I would like to make it available for free. More on how I use it to come.

I have been busy at work and somewhat separated from my portfolio and blog. I have some things to add, I just need to buckle down and do it.

So lately, I’ve been taking some really great classes. Information design and 3D graphic design to name a few. These are really keeping me flat out and I am really enjoying it. One of the projects I am working on in my Info Design class is a research/design project which I am calling OnePostcard (read on!).

The project is all about the influence of postcards in our lives. I will be trying to learn about how important postcards are to our society and the individual.

So far my findings are that people don’t send postcards very often, however, they love getting them in the mail! So why don’t we send postcards? I haven’t quite figured out yet. The finished design piece will display my findings and include a number of postcards that can be used to make a number of people’s days better for a mere few cents each (just adhere a stamp and write a few words, drop it in the mail, and bam… happiness in your friend’s mailbox).

Anyhow.. the project is turning out to be really fun. ou can participate by going to www.onepostcard.com.

I will post the project when all is done!